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be not only to relinquish a lever of power,
but would also be a cruel sod astounding
breach of faith. I may odd at this point that
while I remain in my present position, I shall
not attempt to repeat or modify the Emanci
pation Proclamation. It should be observed
also, that this pare of the oath 13 subject to
the modifying and abrogating power ot legis
lation, and supreme judicial decision.
Tbe proposed acquiescence of the National
Executive in any reasonable and temporary
state arrangement for the freed people, is
made with the view ot possibly modifying the
confusion and destitution which must at best
attend all classes by a total revolution of labor
throughout whle States. It 19 hoped that
the already deeply afflicted people in those
States may be somewhat more ready to give
up theiejuse of the.ir.offlective if, to this ex
tent, this vital matter be left' to themselves,
while no power of the National Executive to
prevent an abuse,' la abridged by the proposi
tion.,, . .
. The. suggestion in the proclamation as to
maintaining the political framework of the
Statesonpvnat is called reconstruction, is made
in the hope that it may do good without the
danger of harm. It will save labor and avoid
great confusion. But why any proclamation
now upon this suhject ? This question is be
set with, the conflicting news that the step
might be delayed too long or be taken too soon.
In some States the elements for resumption
seem ready for action, bui remain reactive ap
parently for want of a rallying point a plan
of action. Why shall A. adopt the plan ot B
rather than B that ot A? And if A and should
' agree, bow can they know but that the Gen
eral Government here will reject their plan ?
By the proclamation a plan is presented which
may be accepted by them as a rallying point,
and which they are assured in advance will
not be rejected here. This may bring them to
act sooner than they otherwise would.
The objection to a premature presentation
of a plan by the National Executive consists
in the danger or committals on points which
could be more safely left to further .develop
ments. Care has been taken to so shape (be
document aa to avoid embarrassment from
this source.
in saying that on certain terms certain clas
e will be pardoned with their rights restor
ed, it is not said that other classes on other
terms will never be included. In saying that
a reconstruction will be accepted if presented
in a specified way, it is not said that it will
never be accepted in any other way.
The movements, by State action, for eman
cipation in several ot the States not included
in the Emancipation Proclamation, are mat
ters of profound gratnlation. .
And while I do Dot repeat in detail what I
have heretofore so earnestly urged upon this
-subject, my general views and feelings remain
unchanged, and I - trust tbat Congress will
omit no fiic opportunity of aiding these steps
to the great consummation.
In the midst of other cares, however impor
tant, we must not lose sight of the fact that
the war power is still our main reliance to
that power alone can we look, yet for a time
to give confidence to the people in the con
tested regions that the insurgent power will
not again overrun them.- Until that confi
dence shall be established little can be done
my where for what is called Reconstruction ;
nence,our ehiefest cares must still be directed
to the army and navy, who have thus far
borut their harder part so nobly and well; and
it may be esteemed foitunato that in giving
the greatest efficiency to those indispensable
armies, we do also honorably recognise the
gallant men, from commander to sentinel,
who compose them and to whom more than to
others the world must stand indebted for the
hone oi freedom, disenthralled, regenerated,
enlarged and perpetuated.
,. . ABKAH AM LINCOLN.
December 8, 1863.
The following is the Proclamation appended
to the ilebsage :
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, In and by the Constitution'of the
United States, it is provided that the Presi
dent shall have power to grant reprieves and
pardons for an offense airairibt the United
States, except in cases of impeachment ; and
Whereas, A Rebellion now exists whereby
the loyal Stale Governments of several States
have tor a long time been subverted, and many
persons have committed and are uow guilty
of treason against the United States, and
Whereas, With reference to said rebellion
and treason, laws have been enacted by Con
gress declaring forfeitures and confiscation of
property and liberation of slaves, all upon
terms and conditions therein stated ; and also
declai ing that the President was thereby au
thorized at any time thereafter, by proclama
tion, to extend to persons who may have par
ticipated in tuo existing rebellion in any Scale,
or psrt thereof, pardon and amnesty, with
such exceptions and at such times and on such
conditions as he may deem expedient for the
public welfare, and '
Whereas, The Congressional declaration
for limited and conditional pardou accords
with the well-established judicial exposition
of the pardoning power, and
Whereat, With reference to the said Rebel
lion the President of the United St3tes has
issued several proclamations with provisions
in regard to the liberation of slaves, and
Whereas, It is now desired by some persons
heretofore engaged in the said Rebellion to
resume their allegiance to the United States,
and to reinangurate. loyal State Governments
within and for their respective States;
Therefore I,' Abraham Lincoln, President of
the United Stales, do proclaim, declare and
make known to all persons who have directly
or bv implication participated in the existing
Rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, that
a full pardon is hereby granted to them and
each ot them, with restoration of all rights of
property, except as to slaves, and in property
caswi where the rights of third parties shall
have intervened, and npon the condition that
every such person shall take and subscribe an
oath inviolate, and which oath shall be regis
tered for peimanent preservation, and shall be
of the tenor and effect following, to wit :
"I, , do solemnly swear in presence
of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faith
fully support, protect and defend the Consti
tution of the United States and the Union of
the States thereunder, and that I will, in like
manner, abide by and faithfully support all
acts of Congress passed during the existing
Rebellion with reference to slaves, so long
and so far as not repealed, modified, or held
void by Congress or by decision ot tbeSu--premo
Conrt. and tbat I will in like manner
abide and faithfully support all proclamations
f the President made during the existing
Rebellion having reference to slaves, so long
o far as not modified or declared void by de
cision of the Supreme Court. So help me
God." . .
The persons excepted torn the benefits of
the foregoing provisions are all who are or
shall bavs been civil or diplomatic officers or
gents of tho so-called Confederate Govern
ment; all who have left judicial stations un
der the United States to aid the Rebellion ;
&I1 who are or shall have been military or na
val officers of said so-called Confederate Gov
ernment above the rank ot Colonel In the ar
my, of Lieutenant In the Davy ; all who left
eats in the United States Congress to aid the
Rebellion.. . - , , ,
AH who resigned commissions in the array
otpvty 6t the rjolte-d States, sod afterward
aided the Rebellion, and all who have-engaged
in any way In treating colored persons or
white persons in charge of such, otherwise
than lawfully as prisoners of war, have beea
found in the United States service as soldiers,
seamen or in any other capacity. - .
And I . do further proclaim,' declare, and
make known, that whenever, in any of the
States of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Missis
sippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida,
Sooth Carolina and North Carolina, a number
of tbo rotes jast in sich States, at tbe Presi
dential election of tho year of our Lord, 1860,
each having taken the oath aforesaid, and not
having since violated it, and being a qualified
voter by the electiou law of the State existing
immediately before the so-called act of Se
cession, and excluding all others, shall re-establish
Ik State Government, which shall be
republican, and in now ise contravening said
oath, such shall be recognized , as the true
Government of the State, and the State shall
receive thereunder the benefit of the consti
tional provision which declares that "the
United States shall guarantee to every State
in this Union a Republican form of" Govern
ment, and shall protect each of them againts
invasion, on application of the Legislature,
or of the Executive, when the Legislatnre
cannot be convened, against domestic vio
lence." : And I do further proclaim, declare, and
make known, that any provision which may
be adopted by such a . State Government, in
relation to the freed people ot such a State,
which shall recognize and declare their per
manent freedom, provide for their education
and which may yet be consistent, a temporary
arrangement, with their present condition, as
a laboring, landless and harmless class, will
not be objected to by the National Executive.
And it is suggested as not improper that in
constructing a loyal State government in any
State, tbe name of the State, the boundary,
the subdivisions, tbe Constitution and the
general code of laws as before the rebellion
be maintained, sulrject only to the modifica
tions made neeessary by the conditions here
in before stated, and such others, if any, not
contravening the said conditions, and which
maybe deemed expedient by those framing
the new State Government.
To avoid misunderstanding, it may be prop
er to say that this proclamation, so far as it
relates to State Governments, has.no refer
ence to the States wherein loyal State Gov
ernments had all the while been maintained.
And tor the same reason it may be proper
to further say that whether members of Con
gress from any State shall be admitted to
their seats constitutionally, rests exclusively
with the respective- Houses and not to any
extent with tbe Executive. And still further
that this proclamation is intended to present
the people of the United States wherein the
National authority has been suspended"and
tbo loyal State Governments have been sub- 1
verted, a mode by which the National author
ity and loyal State Governments may be
re-established within the "-said States or in
aiiy of them, and while the mode presented is
the best ths Executive can suggest with his
present impression, it must not be understood
that no other possible mode would be accept
able. Given under my band at the city of Wash
ington, the eighth day of December A. D.
one thousand eighth hundred and sixty-three,
and of the Independence ot the United States
of America tbe eightv-eiehth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
By the President.
Wh. H. Skwaed, Secretary of State.
THE WAR IN JAP AS.
If we except the blowing of Indian prison
ers of war from the mouths of cannon by Brit
ish soldiers iu 1858 and 1853, notbiug more
atrocious has occurred In the history of our
time than tbe recent bombatdment of the town
of Kagosima, in Japan, by the British fleet
under Admiral Kuper.
The excuse for this outrage was the murder
of an Englishman who, with tbe arrogance of
his race, bad undertaken to violate cue of the
prejudices of the Japanese, and who paid tbe
penalty of his folly with bis life. By way of
retribution, the British first extorted a large
stun of money from the Japanese Government,
and, having got this, proceeded 'to bombard a
town as large as Boston, without warning to
the women or children. The ruffian who com
manded the British vessels on this occasiou
actually felicitated ' himself and his Govern
ment on his belief that "at least half the town
had been set in flames." And these are tbe
PecksnilTs who abuse Gillmore lur using
Greek fire against a place from which all wo
men and children hid beea warned a month
before
It seems likely that the English will find
they have an elephant on their hands in Ja
pan. Their business with the Japanese is to
sell them British manufactures. They will
discover that they cannot bombard them into
buying British goods as easily as they bom
barded the Chinese Government into repeal
ing the prohibition on imports of opium. The
Japanese will fight. The English may destroy
"half a town" here and there, and put to death
numbers of helpless women aod children, but
the population of the Japanese islands, led by
the Daiiuios, will not give up the contest.
And we are much miatakeu if the Japanese
sailors, who are bravo and enterprising, do
not presently carry the war outside of their
own waters.
Bombarding a flourishing sea-port without
notice is a very grand achievement, no boubt.
But the God of war frowns upon such atroci
ties, and f luy seldom lead to any thing but
disaster. Harper's Weekly.
The loyal Governor ol West Virginia, in his
message, say? : "Free the slaves, and when
the State is fully restored there will be no
need of contention. The people will at once
adapt themselves to the new state of affairs.
Population and capilol, invited by our mild
climate and vast agricultural, mineral, and
manufacturing resources, and commercial fa
cilities', will immediately flow iuto the State
from the North. Tbe State wi ll emerge from
the rebellion regenerated, and enter into a
noble and successful competition with her sis
ter States in all that pertains to the trao ques
tion of a free commonwealth.".
The claim that the draft has seenred ten
million dollars and fifty thousand soldiers.
made by Stanton in his annual report, has cre
ated a decided surprise. The dmft was onlv
enforced in ten States. There i no doubt
that, as Stanton says, three fourths of the
whole army will re-enlist when their time ex
pires. The paymasters re-enlist nearly as ma
ny men as they pay off.
The Columbus (Gjorgia) Snn says that a
country-man offered a cartload of inferior
turnips for sale, in that city, the other day, at
three for one dollar, or thirty-five cents apiece.
He sold the tops separately. These are the
kind of men 'who complain of the "high
prices." '
General Meagher is not a prisoner. The
story is cut out of tbe whole cfotb. : He Is now
at Fairfax Court House, the guest of Col. Cor
coran, tie was received with enthusiasm by
his old comrades. - ; ....
Pat was a volunteer, and bs eot sick. The
first question the surgeon asked him was.
Pat, are your bowels reeular 7V "No be
jabers! I'm a volunteer.". ,
lltftsmaits Journal
S3- )CTjx:f.fg iHS?
by 9Arek J. now.
CLEARFIELD,' PA.. DEC. 16, 1803.
MEETIN3 OF CONGRESS.
: Both Ilnuses of Congress assembled on Mon
day a-week. Tbe galleries were densely
crowded long -belore the hour for the opening
of tbe session arrived. The Vice President,
Mr. Hamlin, called the Senate to order at
noon. Rev. Mr. Sunderland offered & prayer
expressing the gratitude of the country, that
though the storm drives the Republic still
lives. ' '
Mr. Davis, from Kentucky, raised tha ques
tion as to the right of the gentlemen from
Wesn Virginia to take their seats. He held
that there was constitutionally and legally no
such State as West Virginia, and there could
ba, therefore, no Senators from such State.
After furter debate, Mr. Davis, as a test ques
tion, moved that tho oath of office be adminis
tered to the gentlemen from West Virginia
Tbe motion was carried yeas 36, nays 6,
Mr. Buckalew, of Pennsylvania, voted with
the nays. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, gave notice
of the introduction of bills to repeal the $300
commutation feature of the enrollment act,
and to increase the pay ol non-eoremi6sioned
offi cer8 and privates in the army fifty per
cent. The Senate adjourned.
Te e FJocse. At noon Mr- Etheridge, the
Clerk, rapped the members to order, and
said, this being the time designated by the
Constitution ol the United States for the meet
ing of the Thirty-eighth Congress, ho would
now proceed to all the roll of members, and
of such only wbise credentials show that they
were regularly elected, in accordance with the
laws of their States respectively, or the laws
of the UnitedStates. The Clerk then read
the roll of members from all the States except
ing Mary land, Virginia, West Virginia, Ore
gon, Missouri and Kansas. After some de
bate the gentleman from all the excepted
States were admitted 'to seats. The next im
portant business before the House was the e
election of a speaker. Tbe Hen. Schuyler
Colfax, Union, from Indiana, waa elected on
the first ballot. Whole number ot voles east
181, necessary to a choice tl.
Mr. Colfax, 101 Mr. Mallory, ' 10
Mr. Cox, - 42 Mr. Stebbings, 7
Mr. Dawson, 12 Mr. Blair, 2
Mr.King, 6 Mr.Stiles, ' 1
The announcement of Mr. Colfax's election
was gteeted with vociferous applause. Mr.
Colfax, on taking the chair, said :
Gfxtlemex of the lIorE or Representa
tives : To-day will be marked in American
history as the opening of a Congress destined
to face and settle the most important questions
of the conntiy, and during whose existence
the rebellion, which has passed its culmina
tion, will, beyond all question, thanks to our
Army ad Navy and Administration, die a
deserved death. Not only will your constitu
ents watch with the strictest scrutiny your de
liberations here, but tbe friends ot liberty,
to the most distant lands, will bo interested
spectators of your acts.
In this greater than Roman forum, I invoke
you to approach these grave questions with
the calm thoiightlu Iness of statesmen , freeing
your discussions from that acerbity which
mars instead of advances legislation, and
with unshaken reliance on that Divyie Power
which gave victory to those who foimed this
Union, and can give tveu greater victory to
those who are seeking to save it from de.-truc-
tion by the hand of tbe parricide and traitor.
I invoke you, also, to remember that sacred
truth which all history verifies, that "they
who nils not in righteousness shall perish
from the earth."
Thanking you with a greatful heart for this
distinguished mark of your confidence and re
gard, and appealing to you all lor that support
and forbearance by the aid of which alone I
can hope to succeed, I am now ready to take
the oath of office, and enter upon the duties
you have assigned me.
The balance of tbe proceedings'of the day
were in regard to the admission of members
claiming seats from Louisiana and the teri
tories. On Tuesday very little was done in the Sen
ate. In the House Hon. Edward McPberson,
of Pennsylvania, was elected Clerk.
On Wednesday, the President's, Message
was read in both houses of Congress.
It is worthy of remark here, that most of
tbe Border State-men voted with the Republi
cans for Hon. Schuyler Colfax, for Speaker
of the House.
Dec. 10. In the Senate, notice was .given
of a bill to encourage volunteers in the Naval
service, crediting all such to the military
quota of the states. Mr. Sumner'gave notice
of a bill to repeal all acts for the giving np of
fugitive slaves. Adjoruned . to Monday. In
tbe House, notice was given of a bill to facili
tate the payment ot bounties due on account
of deceased soldiers. Mr. Pembeiton gave'no
tice of a bill to admit Members of the Cabinet
to the Senate and House with the right to de
bate matters touching their several depart
ments. The Treasury Report was handed in.
The House elected a Chaplaio ; the Rev, Wm.
H. Chaining, Unitarian, had 80 votes ; Bish
op Hopkins of Vermont, author of a Bible De
fense of slavery, had 55 ; Mr. Channing was
declared elected. Adjounred to Monday. ....
At Booneville, Missouri, two hundred negro
men were brought in by their owners to be
enrolled in the army at $300 per man. So it
is in many other parts of the State. They are
flocking into the recruiting stations by hun
dreds, and will number thousand before the
draft takes place.
TEE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
We this week occupy a large portion of our
space with the President's Third Annual Mes
sage. "It is one of the most important docu
ments of the times, and will bo read with
much interest by all classes. Tbo President
treats the various subjects in a terse, pointed
and pleasing, and, no doubt, satisfactory man
ner, to loyal men generally Perhaps, not in
the-history of our country, has it fallen to
the lot of any statesman to speak in a crisis
more momentous, or to deal with questions of
a graver import, or of a more varied charac
ter, than the President was called upon to do
in this ins-taice. ,' - .;''..'
The President sets forth the cheering fact,
that our relations with Europe are of the most
amicable nature that foreign nations are set
tling down to a really neutral position in ref
erence to our lutestine difficulties that all
questions arising out of the blockade have
been satisfactorialy arranged that the treaty
in reference to the African slave trade has
beea ratified by Great Britian that the ques
tion of the coast rights of Cuba, and seizure
of property by Chilian naval ofti cers, which
have been under discussion for some time, are
leading to a favorable adjustment.
Tbo course pursued by some of the natural
ised citizens ol the L'nited States, in connec
tion with our military operations, is referred
toby the President. It appears that many
naturalized citizens deny their naturalization
to escape service in the army and that many
come to this country and are naturalized to
escape taxation and service i:i ether countries
The President thinks that Congress should
adopt some measures to prevent this species
ot fraud. Congress is also urged to establish
some system oy which to encourage emigra
tion to the United Ststeii.
The heavy demands upon th Treasury, and
the successful operations of Secretary Chao
in raising the means to pay all the troops in
the field, aro a source ot gratitieatteu, ar;i
shows forth the great resource of the country,
as well as the great alacrity with which those
resources are made available. The National
Banking Law is also deemed a complete suc
cess. The army and navy are highly spfikenof.
Our armies nor surpass tbose ot any other
nation, and our navy is ejual lo nearly the
combined navies of the world, while our mili
tary resources are of an almost Inexhaustable
character. '
The postal system, heretofore a heavy ex
pense to the Government, is now really self
supporting, and the revenue Iroiu the sale of
public lands, which was materially lessened
at the commencement of tbe rebellion, is be
ginning to assume iis former importance, by
an increased sale of lauds.
The rebellion is treated at soru length by
the President, who seems determined to brir:g
it to a successful close, by adhering to the
policy enunciated in the Emancipation Proc
lamation, and tbe several acts of Congress.
While tbe President is thus firm on this sub
ject, he offers terms of peace to all who will
throw down their arms end acknowledge the
authority ot the Government of the United
States, by subscribing to an oath of allegiance.
Upon the whole tbe message is an able
State paper dignified, frank, brief and com
prehensive, and the policy enunciated therein
will have much to do with the "weal or woe"
of the future of our country with the suc
cessful or unsuccessful working-out of the
gre problem of popular government.
Labor Well Paii. There is no country
in the world where labor is so well paid as iu
the United States at the present time. The
demand for skilled labor is so great as in a
measure to defeat tbe requirement of the ar
mies in the field, and a competition arises be
tween the employes and the Government for
the possession of this labor. States and cities,
to induce volunteering to raise their required
quota, Have to increase the amount of the
bounties, and employers, to retain their men,
ha7e to add to the amount of their wages.
These high prices and high bounties are, how
ever, not only attracting large numbers of em
igrants from Europe, but the British Prov
inces are sending quite a large portion of their
laboring population to this country. In the
army or in tbe workshop they will find their
services adequately paid.
Can anybody tell us why it is that we are
denounced as "traitors," "rebel sympathi
zers," &c., by men who, in former days, cor
dially agreed with us on all controverted
questions touching the relative powers of the
Federal and State Governments V Copper
head ore;a.
Most certainly. In times of peace all were
for the Union uow, in times of war, we are
divided into two classes, to wit: War men
and Anti-war men Unionists and Secession
ists Loyalists and Rebels Patriots and
Traitors. Tbose who agreed with you here
tofore, we presume, hold to the former class,
whilst they consider you as favoring the lat
ter, and hence, the designation of "traitors,"
and "rebel sympathizers." Do you 6ee ? It
is plain.
Maximilian is getting ready to start for bis
new empire. A Vienna letter of November
17 says : "The captaiu of the steamer Eliz
abeth has received orders to be prepared to
take the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and
the Archduchess Charlotte to Mexico, and it
is probable that the frigate Schwarzenberg
and tbe sloop Frederick will accompany the
above mentioned vessel to her destination."
"Now, we aro perfectly sure that our ideas
and principles have undergone no change."
Copperhead organ. - -
' j Not recently, sure. For your ideas long
since centered on the "nigger," and your
principles dwindled into Secesh sympathy.
Gurley, the guerrilla who murdered Gener.
al McCook of Ohio, is on trial at Nashville.
Gurley pleaded not guilty, but outside of tbe
Court admits having shoTMcCook.
"The "stray sheep" that bas broken into
the editorial pasture of our neighbor." Cop-
perhcad organ.
; Pray, whose ass does your braying T
"ACKNOWLEDGE THE C0BN."
In their issue ot December 9th, the editers
of the copperhead organ, in this plaee, admit
that "Patriotism can take no Democrat (i. e.
Copperhead) to the field." This is just what
we have frequently intimated. Whilst But
ler, BurnsiJe, Dix, Corcoran, Steadman, Ro
secrans, and a host of others, are found in tho
Union army battling against treason, such
men as Woodward, Lowrie, Frank Hughes,
Vallandigham, the editors of the Republican,
etc., rwuain at home and try to create dissen
sions among the people to aid the rebels Tho
first named are true and patriotic Democrats
hue others wily copperheads. The termer are
trying to restore the authority of the Cousti
tution over the States in open rebellion tlfb
latter, so far as their puny efforts go, are hin
dering the consummation of that much desired
end ''Patriotism can take no (copperhead)
to the field," but the "nigger" could, accord
ing to the declaration qf the editors of the
Republican. If the war was for the enslave
ment of the whole black race iu tho United
States, (we infer from their language,) then
they, (the editors,) would l-e found in the
froiit ranks of tbe army. Yea.they would not
then say "Go" but "Come, boys, t the res
cue ot our glorious inheritance" the "nig
ger.". Well, we do not envy you your "glori
ous inheritance," if such it bo. , l'ou have
long bugged it to your bosoms, and are wel
come to It. In the language of Governor
Brarulette, your "thoughts linger in the shad
ow of the negro," and not iu the salvation of
tbe Government under which you live. A
"glorious inheritance," indeed plenty of
"niggers" and a divided UDion, rather than
a ret-tcred Government without them. Alas!
poor Cops ! what will you do should Govern
or Brum letfo"s prognostication,-"that the de
struction of slavery may It the result of the
war," come true i Would it Kol, iu ht c
veui, lj advisable tor you to migrate to Af
rica where you could revel in ywr "glorious
inheritance" unmolested To that kingd. tu
where iiO Lloyd Garrison would haunt your
dreams by wight, nor a Wendell Philips your
thoughts by day ? To that region where no
"Union as it was" not-d be restoied, becuixe
no tr ai'or hands have been raised t. destroy
it, or trample its flag in the duatf To the
realm where the King of Dahomey Mill rules
unmolested orer bis sable subjects, and where
no "patriotism" would be required to take
you "to tb tfjld." of battle Oh ! what a
"glorious inheritance." what sweet e'ysian
possessions a perfect paradise, that must be !
Long may live the king of Dahomey, and the
editors ot the Republican be bis profits.
THE WAK NEWS.
VTe bave had very litlle news of interfst
from mir armies within the la.t week. The
Aimy of the Potomac is still in itsoM quar
ters oti the north side of the KapidMii. A
bahd of rebel guerrillas visited Lovetisville
on the Sth, but done very little damage.
Longstreet has raised tho siege of Knox
ville, and has retired to Morritown. where it
is si1 be will make a etand. The rebels ad
mit a loss of tiOO in their attack on Knox
ville. The siege of'Oharlesfon continues, but noth
ing of importance has transpired lately. Du
ring tbe storm on the 6th the iron-clad Wee
hawfcen sunk suddenly at her anchorage ofl
Morris Island, with SO of her crew on board.
No other vessels were injured.
A daring act of piracy was committed of!
Cape Cod on Monday the 7th. Tho steamer
Chesapeake was seized by 17 ecesh passen
gers, who had gon on boar! at New-York.
The chief engineer and mate were wounded,
the second engineer killed and thrown over
board, and tbe balance ol'thecrew were landed
at St Jolin's.X. B. The vessel and cargo are
valued at $180,000. Latest advices report
the venel at St. Mary's, destitute of coal,
where, it is to be hoped, she will bo rf-taken.
This is the most daring act of piracy that has
accurred during the war.
The Cleaveland Leader states that the son
of John C. Breckenridge, who was t akeu pris
oner at Chattanooga, accompanied the escort
of the bodies of Colonel Creigbton and Crane,
as far asXashviile,and tht in conversation with
Sergent-Major Tisdell, he declared himself in
favor of tbe Union. He said that he bad been
forced into the Confederate service by his
f-itber. Tbe young man thjDks it would be
only necessary to put down Hie 'leaders of tbe
rebellion to secure a prompt and bouorable
peace. I bis statement is made on the author
ity of Major Tisdell, who had the coi'Versation
with young Breckenridge.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Ail vertl-irnuwtx set ( n fa rgre t ypr, cuts, or out of itsuaJ
ulylf wil I bf eh nred double pric for upa re o ceupied.
'Jo insure attention, the CASH must accomna-
ny notices, as follows : All Cautions with. $1 ,
Strays, $1: Auditors' notices, $1.50: Adminis
trators' and Executors' notices, $1,50, each ; and
all other transient Notices at the same rates.
Other advertisements at SI per square, for 3 or less
insertions. Twelve lines (or less) count a square.
FODDEK C UTTEItS-of a superior niake
for said at reasonable prices, at MEKKELL
and BIGLEK'S, Clearfield, Pa.
IX THE MATTER of the Estate ot Benjamin
Bonsall, late of Brady Township , Clearfield
County.deceased : The undersigned who was du
ly appointed Auditor to distribute the money re
maining in the hands of Lever Flegal Esq. Ad
ministrator, will attend to tho duties of his ap
pointment, at his office in tbe Borough of Clear
field, on Thursday the 24th day of December 1863
at 10 o'clock A. M.. of said day, when and where
all persons interested may attend if they see
proper. T. J. McCULLOUGH,
JSovember 25th 1863. : Auditor.
T'Jf- ES 1ATE.OI' ISAAC KLINE,
DECEASED ;
Clearfield County, ts : In the mat
ter ot the Estate of Isaac Kline,
deceased, the mrniaftmnnt nf tho
Personal Estate of said deceased, set out to the
widow on her claim of 5300. was on the 2d day of
November 1863, read and confirmed NiSi and the
Court ordered that publication be made in one
newspaper published in said County notifying all
persons interested that unless exceptions are filed
on or before the first day of the next term the
same will be confirmed absolutely. By the Court
Nov. 2. 1953. I. G BAIWEK, Clsrk of 0. C.
WlNooToEbP;hT"dif put ots:
will be paid bv
jept. 2X l.Sti3..3tB
rRvrs bROTHEits. r
Sept. 18. 1S63.
Clearfield pa
jVOTICE TO COLLECTORS O F S r
ll AMI COUNTY TAK n Z .
of taxes forlST.ia.S JJo-S7,h !"'
on their duplicates By order .f the
2othlSfe3. WM.S BRADLEY, Clerk
T OST. A woolen Carpet ek. ou,ewhere U
-SLi tween S.lona. Clinton county, and Curmt '
v.lle, on the 7th of 8th of NovemUr-.unS?'
Jrw ffice. or t Dr. Foster' in PhiliMhn
(W. 2.,. I SS3-p.I ) MAR rjvm'-
fAUTIO
f- As my son ?amu-l Inft :.,
out ony just cause. I herehv ,,.; ..
- "iu wiin
sons against harboring or employing him 5 .
person harboring or employing him ithout V
consent, will beheld ,eoB,,tbi for such .mount
ler-
of wages as h is aole to earn ; and no dobu con
traote-i by h.n! will bo paid by u.e nnle.l c?;
Tli-. 1 1 Ail K V ilia . ... .r I rtf .... CUi-
A l:CTII0-'KCU.-T11e undeTeThT
S. been Licensed an Aacuonncr, would inform
the citizens of Clearfield count v tbat he will ,
tend to calling gales, iu any part of the coumT"
whenever called upon. Charge moderate
Address, JOHX M QLILKIX
May 13 Bower P.. Clearfield co.,P.
X. 1). Persons calling sales without a propwli
cense are subject to a penalty of 560, which Pru.
vision will be enforced agaicet those who mT vi
olate the same.
EXECUTOR'S .NOTICE All person,
terested are hereby notified, that Let;
3-
Testementary on the eitate of Hon. James V.
gusou. late of Lumber city deceased, have :h:i
day been issued to the undersigned. All person
indebted to said e.tat will make immediate pnv
nient. and those having claims agaimit tbes.m'io
will present them duly authenticated, for settle
ment. fcLIZA FKKUI'SON. Executrix
JOHN PAT TON Exr.
October. 17. 1j3 -pd
MILLINERY & FANCY STORK,
MS. II. D. WELSH,
RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES TO THE I, V
ft-far. 1'1E of Clearfield 'and vicinity that
tyrtj has opened a Millinery. Notion'aud Trim
wing store, on Second Street, next door u
Mis. Lanich's Hotel, where he will b
happy to receive orders for nitber work or go.iJ.
OH bonnet made over into the latest New York
and Phiin JoSphia ft vies, on sit or t notice, rty j,ur
clmin? often she will always have- on haiid the
very latest styles f Iress Trimmings. Hats. Nu
bias. Hoods. Collars. Sloevts. Ac. wbioh she will
sell at tbe smallo.U possible profit for cash.
Clearfield. Pa. Nov. 1H. !v3.
EJELIEF .NOTICE. The Guard of Uelie.'
I 1; for the county f Clearfield, will meet at tbo
Commissioners' office in Clearfield, on Wudutt
dny and Thursday, tha 23d and 24th dy of
1 eecoi ber, A I). Ibf"3.
The Hoard of Relief have di recta J tbat tbe wifa
of Ui soldier must appear before tbo board, and
produce her sworn statement, detailing name of
coblicr. regimont and company, and wboo entit
led ; th number of children with age and sx of
eiieh ; the t. wnship in which they resi iod at tba
time ot enlistment., and their present rveiixnar ;
;n.d tiiat she is without tbe meaus of support fur
herself and children b are dependent upon bar.
Two witnesses of credibility from tbo townsbiu
iu wbiob the resides, must also be producud.w Iium,
certificate (sworn to before the lioard of Keli!l
must set fnrlh that the applicant is the person sh
repre-wnts herself to be. tjt the statement of thw
number and age-of her family is true, tbat sbe is
in destitute cu-outustarmes and her familv in ac
tual want., and tbat ail the facta set forth in tier
application are correct and true.
Forms containing these requisition can be ob
tained at tbe Oliice of tbe Hoard of Itelief, wfauu.
application is made and the w itnesses appear.
N. U. Illness of the apr!u-ai;t. properly prcireu,
will en-use personal attendance
Nov. i. 1SC3. V.'M. S HKAliLEY, Clerk.
U. S. 5-20'S.
The SecRi Tiitr or tiik Tkeasckv has rot y. t
given notice of any "intention to withdraw tbii
popular Loan from hale at Par, and until ten
days notice is given, tbe undersigned, as Gexm:
ai. i hscku-tio.n Age.xt,"'. will continue to supply
tbe public.
The whole amount of the Lan authoriieJ is
Five Hundred Millions of Dollars NEtRt.v Foe a
licsiutea MrLi.ioNR havk w;tN Ai.r.KAnr scbscbi
bki roK and paid into rue Trbascrv. mostly
within tho last seven mouths. Tbe larodemand
from abroad, and the rupidly increasing home
demand for use as the basis for circulation by
National Banking Associations now organizing in
aJl parts of the country, will, in a very sborl
period, absorb tbe balance. Sales have lately
ranged from ten to fifteen millions weekly, fre
quently exceeding three millions daily, and a it
is well known that the Secretary of theTreasury
bas ample and unfailing reiouices in the Dutie
on Imports and Internal Rev6nue. and in tbe is
sue of the Interest bearing Legal Tender Tre.
aury Xotes. it is almost a certainty that he wil!
not find it necessary, for a long time to come, to
seek a market for any ether long or permanent
Loans, the interest asd rniNciPAL or wnicn asb
PAYABLE IS GOLD.
Prudence and self interest must force the minds
of those contemplating th formation of National
Banking Associations, as well as tbe minds of all
who have idle money on their hands, to the
prompt. conclusion, that they should lose no tiia
in subscribing to this most popular Loan It will
soon be beyond their reach, and advance tot
handsome premium, as was the result with tbs
"Seven Thirty-' Loan, when it was all sold ci
could do longer be subscribed for at par.
It is a Six per Cent Loan, tub I.ntekbst ad
Principal pavablb i.v Coi.i. thcs yielding ovek
Xise reit Ckst per avm u at the present rats of
premium on coin.
The Government requires all duties on import
to be paid i n Coin ; these duties have for a long
time past amounted to over a Quarterof .Million
of Hollars daily, a sum nearly three times greater
than tbat required in tbe payment of tbe interest
on all the 5-2o' and other permanent Loau. "s
tbat it is hoped that the surplus Coin in tbe Trea
sury, at no distaut day, will enable tbe United
Slates to resume specie payments upon all liabil
ities. Tbe Loan is called 5-20 from the fact tbat whikt
the Bonds may run for 20 years, yet tbe Govern
ment bas a right to pay them off in Gold at fr,
at any time after 5 years.
The Interest is paid half-yearly, vii: nth
first days of November and May.
Subscribers can have Coupon Bonds, which ar"
payable to bearer, and are S50, 5100. $bi0, an-1
S1000; or Registered Bonds of same denomina
tions, and in addition, SjOOO, and $10,001). For
Banking purposes and for investments of Trust
monies the Registered Bonds are preferable-
These i-20 s cannot be taxed by i-tatee, citi.
towns or counties, and the Government wx on
them is only one-and-a-balf percent . on the
moiintof income, when the income of tbe holder
exceeds Six Hundred dollars per annual : all othr
Investments, such as income from Mortgage.
Railroad Stcok and Bonds, etc., must pay fro"1
three to five per cent tax on tbe income.
Banks and. Bankers throughout tbe Country
will continue to dispose of tbe Bonds; "
orders by mail. or otherwise, promptly attended to-
The inconvenience of a few days' delay in ti
delivery of the Bonds is unavoidable, thedtman
being so great ; but as interest commences r0
thedayof subscription, no lo.-s isoccasionea. au1
every effort is being made to diminifh'tbedeUy
JAY COOKE. Subscription Agn'
114 South Third Street. Philadelphia
. Philadelphia, November 25, 1363.
notice that no exonerations will" be erato-H I
the Board ol Commissioner after the 24th a h
December. A D. 1863. Collector. LeKlttindf
nonce will be compelled t .k. "nS thu
ost oetween J'bil.psburg and CurweWilll
I he, sack contained a valuable black shawl , ia
aiiumberef ,,her article. The finder will